Blog Hound: Changes In The Stars' Front Office

Stars Owner Tom Hicks' move to fire GM Doug Armstrong and replace him with Brett Hull and former Assistant GM Les Jackson as co-interim GMs was followed by Jim Lites stepping down as team President after not being consulted on the decision. Bloggers give their opinions on the recent front-office changes.

“Hull gives you a known quantity in some respects. As a general manager? Well, I'm just wondering what's the point of all this. He's got no experience, and he's never given any indication that he wants to be in management.”

“Obviously, Armstrong and his scouting staff haven't exactly been magicians at the draft table. But it's still fairly puzzling that a GM who has overseen two division titles during his tenure is fired with the season underway. ”

BUILDING THE BUZZ:Sports Media Challenge's Buzz Manager™ analyzed the online buzz about the recent changes to the Stars front office. Bloggers who felt the personnel changes would improve the franchise were counted as positive and represented 23.81% of the total. Bloggers arguing the changes would be detrimental were tallied as negative at 46.72%. Click here for more information.Visit www.SportsBusinessDaily.com for more info.

The topic ranking was 3 out of 10, indicating a low level of interest.

Positive sentiment stemmed from bloggers who were eagerly awaiting a front office shakeup and felt Armstrong should have been fired years ago.

Negative sentiment came from bloggers who agreed Armstrong had to go, but strongly disagreed with the hiring of Hull.